Toy.



No. 883,860. PATENTED APR. '7, 19 08.

A. CRAVEN,

TOY. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5. 1907.

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. ALFRED CRAVEN, OF EAST rnovman'cnnnonnISL ND.

TOY.

Application filed August 5, 1907. Serial No. 387,050.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be'it known that I, ALFRED CRAVEN, asubject of King Edward 'VII,residing at East Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to improvements in toys, and the object is to,provide a toy which will furnish amusement to children and will developtheir skill.

The invention consists in the combina- ,tion and arrangement of partsset forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out inthe appendedclaims.

Thedrawing'is an elevationof the toy in the position in which it is heldwhen in .use. In the drawing, is a member rovided with a handle 6, andalso providec .with a hole 7 which is preferably located" at one side ofthe center of said member. The member 5 is provided with arepresentation of a face thereon, the mouth of which surrounds the hole7.

A member 8 which is preferably a hollow rubber ball is preferablyprovided with a lug 9 to which is attached a flexible member 10 which,is preferably" elastic and consists of a piece of rubber. The upper endof the member 10 is fast to the member 5 preferably by means of a pin11.around which the member 10 is 100 ed. The length of the member 10 isless t an the distance from the pin 11 to the opposite edge of themember 5 and greater than the distancefrom said pin to the hole 7. Themember 5. is preferably provided with a slot 12 extending from the hole7 toward the lower edge of said member.

I member 5 through various curvilinear paths In the use ofthe toy theobject is to grasp the handle and to so move the member 5 as to causethe member. 8 to pass through the hole 7. This may be done by moving thewhich result in movements of the member 8 with relation to the meinber5. For example, the user holds the member 5 with the face thereonuppermost on somewhat of an incline with the pinll below the oppositeedge of said member. He then carries-the member 5 in a path downwardlytoward the left and thence u wardly toward theright, thereby causing te'member 8 to approach the member 5 and if the roper path has beendescribed by the member 5 and at the proper speed the member 8 will passthrough Patented April-7, 1908.

the hole 7: The hole 7 being located at.one side of the center of themember 5 makesit very difficult to pass the member 8 through said holeand it is very desirable tomake this difficult of accomplishment becausethe toy is thereby made much more fascinating. Furthermore, the lengthof the member 10 being less than the distance from the'pin 11 to theopposite edge of the member 5 and greater t an the distance from saidpin to the hole 7 also increases the difficulty of passing the member 8throu h said hole. By reasonof the location of t e hole 7 and the lengthof the member 10 as just described, in spite of 'skilful handling of thetoy the member 8 will in a vast majority of trials strike the member 5between said hole and the edge of said member which is opposite to thepin 11. The difficulty of passing the member 8 through the hole 7 andthe repeated failures of the user in accomplishing it makes the toy veryfascinating. The slot 12 permits the ball 8 and the flexible member 10to return to the starting position after having been passed .through thehole 7. The member 5 may be made in a variety of sha es and the facesthereon may be varied, if esired.

Having thus described my invention,'what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure 1. In a toy, a member provided with a hole therethroughand having a handle, a second member adapted to pass through said hole,anda flexible member connecting said first and second 1nembcrs,thodistance from the point of connection of said flexible member with saidfirst member to said-second member being greater than the distance fromsaid point of connection to said hole and less than the distance fromsaid point of connection to the opposite edge of said first member.

2. In a toy, ameinber provided with a hole therethrough at one side ofthe center thereof andprovided with a slot extending from said holetoward one edgeof said member, a sec.- ond member adapted to passthrough said hole, and a flexible member fast at oneend to said secondmember and at its other end to said first member adjacent to said slot,whereby when said second member passes through said hole; said flexiblemember is adapted to pass through said slot.

3. In a toy, a member provided with a hole fast at one end to said firstmember and at its other'end to said ball, the length of said fleximyhand in presence of two subscribing wit- ?rIe member being less than thedistance nes'ses.

om its point of connection with said first member to a point in the edgeof said first ALFRED, CRAVEN 5 member which is opposite to said point ofWitnesses:

connection. AMASA M. EATON, w

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set RICHARD M.\BOWEN.

